LAY EYES ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lay eyes on mean? 

• LAY EYES ON (verb)
  The verb LAY EYES ON has 1 sense:

1. see with attention

  Familiarity information: LAY EYES ON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAY EYES ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

See with attention

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

behold; lay eyes on

Context example:

behold Christ!

Hypernyms (to "lay eyes on" is one way to...):

see (perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

His name was Jay Gatsby and I didn't lay eyes on him again for over four years—even after I'd met him on Long Island I didn't realize it was the same man.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)